Neil Pursey: Brands can, and should, ensure that their ads don’t appear on fake news sites
A recent investigation by News24 revealed that many of South Africa’s biggest brands were inadvertently…
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Paula Hulley: Business success and online brand safety go hand-in-hand
The definition of good business practice is being able to evolve in parallel to the…
William Bird: The upside to “fake news”
“Fake news”. It’s a poor term, and much like an advertisement for penis extensions, its…
Adriaan Basson: The high price of fake news
Have you ever clicked on a story in your Facebook timeline that you knew wasn’t…
Natasha Ndlebe: When ‘fake news’ became the word of the year
Last year, the Collins Dictionary named “fake news” as the word of the year. The…
Reggy Moalusi: Breaking news, fingers first
Editing a daily newspaper in the digital age of video, WhatsApp, Twitter, and to some…
George Claassen: Fake news and the natural selection of ignorance
A decade after the multiple award-winning British journalist Nick Davies warned that the mass media…